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Darwin Appleby
I Was Beaten With Satan
Join date: 14 Mar 2003
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04-05-2003 21:33
Is there anyway I can get a version of SL that can work on 9x/ME?
BTW: does SL need the .NET framework to run or what? Why is it 2k/XP only?
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Phil Metalhead
Game Foundry Leaɗer
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04-05-2003 23:15
no it doesn't need .NET, i know that much - i've manually uninstalled .NET from all of my machines  |
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Tcoz Bach
Tyrell Victim
Join date: 10 Dec 2002
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.Net Tech
04-06-2003 09:37
.Net tech isn't installed by default on any operating system but the new .Net Server 2003, and subsequent OSs that will be released by MS. Windows Update or an install can push the distributable portion of the framework down to your machine, but it's a grand total of 4-5 meg, takes the form of a runtime and supporting class files, and has no adverse effect on your machine at all. I run it on every single one of my machines.
When compared to the ugly mess of COM-locked single-platform Win32 APIs, .Net, which is true OOP, has a reference implementation on FreeBSD Unix, and is being developed for Linux under the project name "Mono", is a welcome advancement by MS.
One of the bad things about the .Net framework at this point is that although they offer GDI+ (a managed and simplified version of Win 32 GDI drawing capability), there's no managed Direct X; you have to use managed to unmanaged (.Net to Win32) interoperability, which can get messy and generate peculiar behavior on the high end. But, considering the non-registry dependent nature of .Net dlls (which are self describing via reflection, you don't register them, no more .dll hell), the advanced runtime security, and the OOP/extensible nature of the class framework, I'm betting the industry will latch onto .Net in time. Just give us full-blown DirectX for .Net and we're off.
Anyways bottom line, if .Net is on your machine, that's a good thing don't worry about it at all. If it isn't, it will be, since all MSs muscle is behind it.
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Darwin Appleby
I Was Beaten With Satan
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Sry
04-06-2003 09:59
Sry I mis represented what I meant there. XP and 2k both have this .NET framework "tool" that prevents you from installing the newer .NET apps, such as Visual Studio .NET, on pre 2k machines (I learned that the hard way) It's another of Microsoft's sneaky marketing device... even some joysticks can't be installed on older machines!
Well anyhow that's what I meant, maybe it had some kind of server integration allowing them to store this ever changing 3D data more easily.
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Darwin Appleby
I Was Beaten With Satan
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Tcoz:
04-06-2003 10:00
Ah yes I see now. OK thank you Tcoz!
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